TY - GEN
T1 - A rekey-boosted security protocol in hierarchical wireless sensor network
AU - Zhang, Yi Ying
AU - Yang, Wen Cheng
AU - Kim, Kee Bum
AU - Cui, Min Yu
AU - Park, Myong Soon
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Hierarchical wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been shown to improve system performance, reduce messages redundancy, and economize energy. However, due to the characteristics of WSN, such as restricted resources and operation in a hostile environment, WSNs are subjected to numerous threats and are vulnerable to attacks. In this paper, we present a rekey-boosted security protocol in LEACH (RBS-LEACH) to enhance network security and survivability. Compared to other LEACH security solutions, the salient advantage of this work is that a unique rekey mechanism, which can efficiently protect the network against attacks of eavesdropping or captured nodes compromise, is adopted to address challenging security issues of runtime WSN. Even if the adversaries crack WSN keys, the entire network still remains safe under the timely protection of the rekey mechanism.
AB - Hierarchical wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been shown to improve system performance, reduce messages redundancy, and economize energy. However, due to the characteristics of WSN, such as restricted resources and operation in a hostile environment, WSNs are subjected to numerous threats and are vulnerable to attacks. In this paper, we present a rekey-boosted security protocol in LEACH (RBS-LEACH) to enhance network security and survivability. Compared to other LEACH security solutions, the salient advantage of this work is that a unique rekey mechanism, which can efficiently protect the network against attacks of eavesdropping or captured nodes compromise, is adopted to address challenging security issues of runtime WSN. Even if the adversaries crack WSN keys, the entire network still remains safe under the timely protection of the rekey mechanism.
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U2 - 10.1109/MUE.2008.10
DO - 10.1109/MUE.2008.10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51249104543
SN - 0769531342
SN - 9780769531342
T3 - Proceedings - 2008 International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2008
SP - 57
EP - 61
BT - Proceedings - 2008 International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2008
T2 - 2008 International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2008
Y2 - 24 April 2008 through 26 April 2008
ER -